Alisa
Simmons, National Field Director, Public Citizen's Global
Trade Watch

Kenneth
Peres, Chief Economist, Communications Workers of America

Ilana
Solomon, Trade Representative, The Sierra Club

Manuel
Perez-Rocha, Associate Fellow at Institute for Policy
Studies

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After
the speakers conclude, we'll break into groups by
Congressional
district and
plan to organize against TPP in our communities!What
is TPP?

WHAT IS TPP?

The
TPP, a trade agreement the U.S. is negotiating with 11 other
nations,
will outsource more jobs, prohibit banking regulation, and
expand
corporate intellectual property rights that curtail Internet
freedom
and limit access to lifesaving generic drugs. It will also
grant
foreign corporations the power to sue our government when
our laws
block their environmentally destructive projects and toxic
products.
The
TPP is shrouded in secrecy. The Administration intends
to complete
negotiations by October 2013 with almost no media
attention or input
from the public and Congress. President Obama has said
he'll ask
Congress to grant him Fast Track Authority, which will
force Congress
to vote on the TPP without the power to change a single
word of it.

SPONSORED
BY
All
Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, Brooklyn for Peace,
Citizens
Trade Campaign, Coalition Against the Rockaway Pipeline,
Colombia
Studies Group, Communications Workers of America, Food
and Water
Watch, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment,
Green
Sanctuary Committee (Community Church of New York),
Harlem Fightback
Against Wars at Home and Abroad, Institute for Policy
Studies, New
York Climate Action Group, New York Environmental Law
and Justice
Project, New York Whale and Dolphin Action League, NYC
Friends of
Clearwater, NYH2O/Damascus Citizens, Occupy the
Pipeline, Occupy Wall
Street Trade Justice Working Group, OWS Environmental
Sustainability
Working Group, OWS Special Projects Affinity Group, Sane
Energy
Project, The Sierra Club, TradeJustice New York Metro,
United for
Action, WBAI's Eco-logic, and World War 4 Report.